Speaker 1: Isn't the one that was called. And I felt like,
Speaker 1: you know, I had time on the clock to check
Speaker 1: it and really take a shot with you know, some speed,
Speaker 1: you know, with Nelly, and you know we were able
Speaker 1: to execute it. And Nell he made an amazing play
Speaker 1: and finished it off with a touchdown. And you know
Speaker 1: it's really just all of us being on the same page,
Speaker 1: recognizing the coverage, understanding how to run the route, and
Speaker 1: you know, the line gave me time to you know
Speaker 1: throw it. So it was awesome. He took quite a
Speaker 1: shot in the sternum there. Um, how severe hit was that?
Speaker 1: And how were you able to get up from the Oh?
Speaker 1: It was a great hit. Um, yeah, he got a
Speaker 1: good one on me. Um. Yeah, you know, trainers got
Speaker 1: out there. I was able to get my breath back back,
Speaker 1: my you know, ribs a little sore, but on all
Speaker 1: I feel great. Um, I was able to you know,
Speaker 1: I have to go out for a play and they
Speaker 1: went in and you know, great experience for him to
Speaker 1: go into a game. Um, but then I was ready
Speaker 1: to roll. I felt, I feel great reaction, kind of
Speaker 1: willing you back in into that thing. I'll have to
Speaker 1: like see a different copy. I was more focused on
Speaker 1: just the people in front of me and knowing if
Speaker 1: we caught the ball or not. I had no clue
Speaker 1: if als Trona caught it in anything, so I was
Speaker 1: trying to figure out what the scenario was. But the
Speaker 1: crowd was amazing a day. Um, it's always a you know,
Speaker 1: it's always a joy to come out here and play
Speaker 1: in the link and wear this jersey, and you know
Speaker 1: they were they were amazing, um, and you know we're
Speaker 1: grateful for that. The Rays start up, I'm great, so
Speaker 1: great that last drive after he came back in, I
Speaker 1: felt really good. You know, once I was able to
Speaker 1: move around a little bit, I felt really good. I
Speaker 1: was excited to get back out there with the guys.
Speaker 1: A lot of players talk about how calm you are
Speaker 1: on the field, but how tough was it for you to,
Speaker 1: uh to keep your calm after that two point conversion
Speaker 1: try and how much of that fire? Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: that's not what I'd normally do. But I also know that,
Speaker 1: you know, John and I had to talk later. You know,
Speaker 1: it's hard for them to see every angle, and I
Speaker 1: understand that I was just a little upset and I
Speaker 1: shouldn't do that. But you know, I was, I was
Speaker 1: fired up a little bit. You know, it's a game.
Speaker 1: You know, we're going out there to win, UM against
Speaker 1: you know, one of the best teams in the NFL
Speaker 1: right now. So we were able to you know, calm
Speaker 1: back down, get the crowd going, UM, and I'm going
Speaker 1: to get a w they bound out to go from
Speaker 1: having them come back on you and then you guys
Speaker 1: come back and get that win in the last seconds.
Speaker 1: What's what's that like you guys go through that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the thing I talked about a
Speaker 1: lot is adversity UM and just sticking together as a
Speaker 1: team communication, and I think we saw a lot of
Speaker 1: that tonight. We saw a team that's stuck together through
Speaker 1: all the ups and downs of the game. UM. We saw,
Speaker 1: you know, Jake Elliott, who's one of the best kickers
Speaker 1: in the league, you know, miss the extra point and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, our our team, UM gave
Speaker 1: him an ability at the end of the game and
Speaker 1: he has to kick the game winner. That's what this
Speaker 1: team's about, is just sticking together, UM, loving one another,
Speaker 1: doing that every single play, not worrying about anything else
Speaker 1: but the play called. And uh, you know it was
Speaker 1: on full display today. You want to I got certain
Speaker 1: that throw on the last drive to to a zach
Speaker 1: Nick surprised he was that wide open um. Well, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of stumbling going on, so like as I
Speaker 1: was releasing, I tried to put a little bit more
Speaker 1: air on it because I was hoping he would keep
Speaker 1: his feet. Um. But you know, the defender Zach raner
Speaker 1: a great route. The defender stumble. Zach was able to
Speaker 1: keep his feet and make a play and that that
Speaker 1: was a huge part of the game. But you know,
Speaker 1: anytime he's running a route I expecting to win. You're
Speaker 1: going to talk without the ref after the two play conversion.
Speaker 1: What did you say to him about that player? I
Speaker 1: just asked him if he saw what I felt, and
Speaker 1: he didn't at the time, but we had a great
Speaker 1: conversation later. You know, it's a hard job to see everything.
Speaker 1: So they did the best they could. Sharing more of that,
Speaker 1: or they hit at the end of the game, which
Speaker 1: hurt more of that, or I feel great, body feels great,
Speaker 1: so nothing's hurting. Sound good that when you went on
Speaker 1: the field at the end, everybody was real calm, confident
Speaker 1: about watching blog out. Yeah, the big thing I talked
Speaker 1: to the guys about is just being in the moment
Speaker 1: when we're in the huddle, that's all you worry about.
Speaker 1: Just worry about that play. You can't you know, you
Speaker 1: can't do it all at once. Just focus on that play.
Speaker 1: Trust each other. And yeah, it was calm in the huddle.
Speaker 1: I mean there's chaos going all around, but we're able
Speaker 1: to keep a calm the huddle and that that's important
Speaker 1: in a game like that, especially when you're going down
Speaker 1: in a two minute drill to win a game where
Speaker 1: it's been you know, back and forth and it's been
Speaker 1: a battle. Um, you know, everyone did a great job
Speaker 1: executing that last drive. You expect to play Sunday then
Speaker 1: you know what that's all up to coach. I'll let
Speaker 1: him talk on everything. Physically physically, I feel great. I
Speaker 1: feel great. I feel great. Yes, in this starting role now,
Speaker 1: but possibly next week breaking the all time singing and
Speaker 1: passing record and a chance to take us a team
Speaker 1: in the playoffs again. How special is this because we
Speaker 1: don't know what your future is after this year? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, I've said it many times,
Speaker 1: just staying in the momentum. I'm fortunate to work with
Speaker 1: great people. For fortunate to have great teammates, everyone with
Speaker 1: an overcare facility. Um, It's really been a joy throughout
Speaker 1: my career to you know, be in that facility, be there,
Speaker 1: um and work with everyone. UM. So yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: I'm just really just staying in this moment. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: enjoy you know, Christmas with my family. UM, you know
Speaker 1: my daughter or my wife. Those are the things that
Speaker 1: are so important to me. I'm getting it. I haven't
Speaker 1: seen them yet. UM, so I'm excited to go you
Speaker 1: know my mom, dad, little sister here, or my knee.
Speaker 1: So that's the things that are that are really special,
Speaker 1: especially this time of year. Just going to embrace them
Speaker 1: and spend time with them. So it's the stuff I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to talking about other players talking about it.
Speaker 1: How you inspired them? Chris Shrine Shrine? What do you
Speaker 1: think of the shrine? And two do you get the feeling?
Speaker 1: Did you get that feeling from any other players in
Speaker 1: the locker room? Chris is a character, we have a
Speaker 1: long history together. UM. Love them. UM. I think the
Speaker 1: big thing is I just want to be me. Um.
Speaker 1: I want the guys to know that when I go
Speaker 1: in there, there that's who I am. Um. You know
Speaker 1: when I step in the huddle, I'm not going to
Speaker 1: change when i'm you know, we're at a restaurant or
Speaker 1: out in public. Like, I want to be who I am.
Speaker 1: I want to be genuine and I think that you know,
Speaker 1: that's that's a powerful thing. Um. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: times where we try to be politically correct and you know,
Speaker 1: we don't get to show our personalities. I know Doug says,
Speaker 1: I know Andy Reid says it. Um, but they always
Speaker 1: taught me, you know, let your personalities show. You know,
Speaker 1: we all come together as a team. Um, we have
Speaker 1: excess and knows, but the way teams win is there's personalities.
Speaker 1: Let them show, let them play, stick with one another.
Speaker 1: And you're seeing a lot of that throughout the game.
Speaker 1: You're seeing a lot of that in practice and meetings
Speaker 1: and and that's really important. That's what a family is.
Speaker 1: Everyone's different, but everyone can come together in a common goal. So, UM,
Speaker 1: tonight was a fun night for all of us to
Speaker 1: do that question this season. Yeah, it did, it did um,
Speaker 1: So it's emotional. Um, Like I said, I love playing
Speaker 1: in Philly. Um, I knew this was you know, there's
Speaker 1: a chance this could be it. And you know, I
Speaker 1: don't think about the future, but I am aware of
Speaker 1: that because this city means a lot to me, This
Speaker 1: team means a lot to me. Wearing that jersey means
Speaker 1: a lot to me. A couple of weeks ago, when
Speaker 1: I ran out of the tunnel, UM, I didn't expect
Speaker 1: to play. I didn't, you know, I was. I'm there
Speaker 1: to support the team and do what I can't and
Speaker 1: I got emotional thing because I knew that there's a
Speaker 1: chance that's coming to an end. But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, I am very grateful for every opportunity
Speaker 1: to play here, to play in front of our fans,
Speaker 1: to wear that jersey. No matter what, no one can
Speaker 1: ever take that away from me. And this was a
Speaker 1: special one tonight. I don't know what the future hole is.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna worry about it. I'm just gonna focus
Speaker 1: on now. Enjoy just being in Philadelphia, Enjoy the people,
Speaker 1: Enjoy wearing this jersey because it's some of the most
Speaker 1: special moments in my life. You go out and setting
Speaker 1: the franchise record for passing yards in the game, what
Speaker 1: does that mean? I think the big thing is you
Speaker 1: just you know, I always look at records as who's involved.
Speaker 1: It's not just me. There's a lot of guys that
Speaker 1: made an amazing amount of plays. The line gave me protection.
Speaker 1: You know, each game is a different entity. Some games
Speaker 1: you gotta rush for three touchdowns, you don't throw any
Speaker 1: some games, you know, you don't get any passing yards,
Speaker 1: but somehow you win. And in some gays some days
Speaker 1: or some games you just have to light it up.
Speaker 1: And this was one of those games. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I always think to my teammates that people are there,
Speaker 1: the coaches that put us in the position talking on
Speaker 1: the sidelines. So that's what it means to me, is
Speaker 1: the people that are involved. And obviously you know it's
Speaker 1: a team. Things. You've been around about Zack for a
Speaker 1: lot of years. He obviously wrote the record for tight ends.
Speaker 1: What what's your impression of what he accomplished this it's amazing,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, and especially to break the record
Speaker 1: that was held by someone that he looked up to
Speaker 1: as a kid. And now Zach gets to be a
Speaker 1: person that kids look up to. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: kids out there probably put you know, middle school, elementary school,
Speaker 1: high school football. They're looking at zach Ertz and like
Speaker 1: what he does. And he's impacting a lot of people
Speaker 1: by not only how he plays, but what he says
Speaker 1: after he breaks records, and that's the thing that's the
Speaker 1: most amazing to me. But I'm super proud of him.
Speaker 1: He's had an amazing career, he's had an amazing year,
Speaker 1: and you know, we still have work to do. Again.
Speaker 1: You get through your interception, it seemed like you went
Speaker 1: around to the team and then had a word with
Speaker 1: him on the sideline. Is that accurate? And if so,
Speaker 1: what was your MESSI yeah, I was just like, hey,
Speaker 1: let's just keep going. I think the most important thing
Speaker 1: sometimes when quarterbacks throw interceptions or something happens, everyone's like,
Speaker 1: is he all right? Because I mean it's a it's
Speaker 1: a big play in the game. Um, I just you know,
Speaker 1: bad throw, bad decision, And I think the big thing
Speaker 1: is just reach shirt and hey, we're good. Let's just
Speaker 1: keep going, let' keep playing, Let's forget about it. Have
Speaker 1: a short memory. And uh, like I said, when we're
Speaker 1: in that huddle, that's the eye of the storm. Let's
Speaker 1: keep it calm, let's just focus on the play. We're
Speaker 1: in this together. That's the adversity we talk about, and
Speaker 1: that's all it is. And the team that can overcome. Adversely,
Speaker 1: the best is usually the one that wins. Put about
Speaker 1: one more shot at a playoff game this week, you
Speaker 1: guys know what's up front of yet, Just what's that mean?
Speaker 1: If you guys, that means everything. Just to play another
Speaker 1: game as an eagle means everything to us. But a
Speaker 1: lot of the different things, you know, we can't control
Speaker 1: a lot of the scenarios. All we can control about
Speaker 1: is our preparation, what we do on a day in
Speaker 1: and day out basis at the Novercare facility, getting ready
Speaker 1: for the next game. So this week, more than anything,
Speaker 1: just staying in the moment, control and what we can control,
Speaker 1: you know, enjoying the moment with one another. That's why
Speaker 1: it's about all right, thank you, Merry Christmas, all right,